Kolkata, July 8 -- Former West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas on Wednesday secured interim protection from the Calcutta High Court after alleging that he was harassed and faced threats to his life while returning from Bidhannagar South Police Station and later at the Alipore District Court.
Hearing the matter, Justice Sougata Bhattacharyya directed that no coercive legal action be taken against Biswas in connection with the case till July 23.
The court further ordered that if any action is proposed against him in the meantime, his counsel, Kishore Dutta, must immediately bring the matter to the notice of the court.
The development comes a day after Biswas appeared before Bidhannagar South Police Station in compliance with an earlier order ...